# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#This file is part of pyLot library.
#
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# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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__author__ = u'Pierre Puiseux, Guillaume Baty'
__copyright__ = u"Copyright 2011-2012 (C) andheo, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour"
__credits__ = [u'Pierre Puiseux', u'Guillaume Baty']
__license__ = "GNU Lesser General Public License"

from traits.api import implements
from ..interfaces.api import IDataAdapter

class DataAdapter(object):
  implements(IDataAdapter)
  datarepr_id_in = ''
  datarepr_id_out = ''

  name = 'DataAdapter'

  def __init__(self, datarepr_in=None, datarepr_out=None):
    cname = self.__class__.__name__
    if datarepr_in is None:
      raise ValueError, '%s will not work, datarepr_in=None is not valid' % (
        cname)
    elif datarepr_out is None :
      raise ValueError, '%s will not work, datarepr_out=None is not valid' % (
        cname)

    self.datarepr_in = datarepr_in
    self.datarepr_out = datarepr_out

  def convert(self, data):
    """
    read input datarepr and return output datarepr
    """
    return self.datarepr_out.new()

